Malta Insights
Malta: Deficit decreases, debt just short of €10bn
New NSO figures indicate that Malta's deficit improved slightly in the first four months of 2024 compared to the same period last year. However, the overall debt burden continues to…
Traffic casualties increase in Q4- NSO
During the fourth quarter of 2023, road traffic accidents and casualties increased when compared to the same quarter of the previous year,…
FELTOM Welcomes News of New Airline But Voices Concerns About Diminished Connectivity
The Federation of English Language Teaching Organisations in Malta (FELTOM) expressed its satisfaction with the news that Malta will retain an independent…
Malta jails Libyan hijack accomplice
VALLETTA (Reuters) - A supporter of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi who was involved in the hijacking of an aircraft to Malta…
Malta: Deficit drops to just over €90m in August
Government’s Consolidated Fund at the end of August 2023 reported a deficit of €90.2 million by the end of August. Between January…
Take-out prices drive Maltese inflation in August – NSO
In August 2023, the annual rate of inflation as measured by the RPI was 4.0 per cent, down from 4.7 per cent…
Malta: GDP grows by 3.9% in second quarter
Provisional estimates published by the NSO indicate that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2023 amounted to €4.7…
Malta: Central Bank revises growth forecast to 3.7%
According to the Central Bank of Malta's latest forecasts, Malta's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 3.7% this year,…
Public library book-lending among Maltese on the increase – NSO
The local population is loaning an increasing number of books from Malta's public libraries. Fresh NSO data shows that in 2022, total…
Malta records third largest EU increase in retail sales
Retail sales in the euro zone were unchanged in May, Eurostat said on Thursday, as increased spending on non-food items offset declines…